I have a Toshiba Satellite Pro Laptop which I have connected by wifi to my main computer. Despite setting the power options to "never" it will still persist in turning the screen off after a minute. It doesn't do this when not connected. Any thoughts?

Generally there are two distinct groups of settings, one for the laptop when it's plugged in, one for when it's running on battery. I assume you're well aware of this, but figured I'd mention it in case not.

When you mention connected vs not connected, do you mean "to a power source" or "by wi-fi to the main computer"?

And is it actually turning the screen off or has it gone into screen saver mode and has no screen saver set, which'd give you a black screen?

Thanks for the reply Steve. Yes I am aware there are two settings and the problem is present on both.
The laptop is connected by wi-fi to the main computer and is actually very close as I am using it as a resource for a project I am working on. Hence the problem as I have to move the mouse every minute to see.
The screen goes to screensaver.
Perhaps it is worth mentioning that I am using a Sierra Aircard for connecting by wireless to the Net.

I have just taken the laptop into the local computer shop and rather shamefacedly I have to report that the problem was fixed and it was simple one. Apparently later versions of Windows 7 have a facility for a screensaver to come on after one minute. The girl doing the repair just switched it off and that is that. Sorry if I inconvenienced you all but I certainly was not aware of the change and during my searches on the Net I did not come across it.

johnnyboy: Apparently later versions of Windows 7 have a facility for a screensaver to come on after one minute.

I had this nagging thought in the very, very back of my mind and I couldn't bring it to the front. I'm glad the repair shop person realized that's what it was. I hope they didn't charge you too much...

>>Sorry if I inconvenienced you all

Not at all...now that it's fresh in our minds, hopefully we'll remember and be able to offer it as a suggestion in the future...'-}}

That's what I was suggesting might be the case. Don't feel bad. I normally have this feature enabled on my laptops and have them set to demand a password when the display comes back up. It's a nice security feature. But *every* *&^%$%#-ing* *time* I use them to run a continuous slide show, it runs for a while, then the screensaver kicks in when I'm not watching. I'm probably going to put a big piece of white tape on the deck of the laptop and write "SCREENSAVER!!!" in large unfriendly red letters.